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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The gist of it was that even though we have an enormous amount of tools available to enable social learning across far reaching boundaries, the self-study type of eLearning seen in so many workplaces today can potentially cut learners off from any type of social interaction during the course of the learning.

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

At the end of Level 1, Kirkpatrick now recommends a focus group to get information that wouldn’t be available right after the course was completed and to provide links to Levels 2 and 3. Case studies, exercises, and simulations can be part of a continuum linking Levels 1, 2, and 3. Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads?

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Embracing Innovation in Learning | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Trust me…trying to train folks on a software package that they will neither need nor use is an exercise in frustration for everyone involved, not to mention a waste of time and money. View all posts by Andrea → ← Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? It was for their own good after all. It is amazing ho.

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21 Brilliant Resources for Up-skilling Learning Designers (for the Informal & Social Learning Age)

Learnnovators

THE JOURNEY: We, like many out there, are of the view that, though most learning designers possess good levels of skills around the traditional training (formal learning) area, their skill levels fall short around the informal or social learning areas. Many Senior Executives like to talk the social media talk. Surveys/Studies.

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Workplace Learning – Formal or Informal?

Paradiso Solutions

What is formal and informal learning? At the other end of the spectrum comes informal education. Formal or Informal Learning? Choosing between formal and informal ways to learn can be challenging. How can you add informal learning to this task to help you remember it better? Which one to choose? Learn More.

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Engaging Students with Interactive Social Studies Simulations

Kitaboo

Among all the subjects taught at school, social studies remains a challenge for most teachers to teach in an engaging way. It is possible to leverage many other forms of interactive teaching methods – like social studies simulations – to achieve the desired outcomes from a lesson. Table of Contents I. What is a Simulation?

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How Mobile Apps Can Act as Social Learning Tools

Origin Learning

Social learning and mobile learning have a lot in common. Instant messaging, e-mails, texts, social media interactions- all of these have become an inseparable part of our lives ever since the smartphone revolution has taken place. A lot of social learning is already happening on the mobile platform. Communication, right?